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⭐️ North Philadelphia History Festival Spotlight ⭐️Learn more about what the North Philadelphia History Festival has to ...
07/03/2025

⭐️ North Philadelphia History Festival Spotlight ⭐️

Learn more about what the North Philadelphia History Festival has to offer!

🎙 Listen and watch as North Philly elders share the history and heart of their blocks at the "My Story, My Block" oral history event Friday, July 25 from 2 to 5PM at 2231 N Broad St.

📸 At "Strawberry Mansion Through the Years - A Neighborhood Storyshare Exhibition" explore decades of everyday life throughout Strawberry Mansion with this archival photography exhibition and neighborhood story circle. This exhibit will be open Saturday, July 26 from 12 to 4PM at 2946 W Dauphin St.

🌱 Step into the history and culture of West African and Puerto Rican diasporas in North Philly’s community gardens with this AR installation at Villa Africana Colobó Garden on Saturday, July 26. The Garden will be open for guided tours from 11-6PM, and join us for a special reception from 12-2PM.

Explore more and register today at SCRIBE.ORG/NPHF!






07/03/2025

Learn how to make your own story come to life at Scribe's Animation Studio for Youth! 🎨✨

Join us for a hands-on workshop hosted by award-winning animator Lowell Boston to explore different manual and digital animation techniques: stop motion using cut paper, drawings, and mixed media, as well as digital animation applications for computer and iPad.

Sessions will be Monday August 4th through Friday, August 8th from 11AM to 1PM. Registration is $65, $50 for Scribe members. Register at SCRIBE.ORG/ANIMATION

⭐️ North Philadelphia History Festival Spotlight ⭐️Get excited for the wide range of events and installations at our upc...
07/01/2025

⭐️ North Philadelphia History Festival Spotlight ⭐️

Get excited for the wide range of events and installations at our upcoming festival July 24 - 27!

Pepón Osorio's Jacob, a video detail from the installation reForm, will be on view at Cicala at the Divine Lorraine, 699 N. Broad St from July 24 - 27. In this short video, a student reflects on the after-effects of the closing of Fairhill Elementary School and Philadelphia's educational epidemic.

Join Black Buttafly, The New School Collective, and The Ephiphanies on Friday, July 25 from 7 to 9PM for a musical celebration of North Philadelphia’s jazz history and culture.

At "In Pursuit of Preservation: A Community Conversation for our Black Historic District" on Thursday, July 24 from 5:30 to 8PM, hear from experts and community members shaping what it means to protect Black Historic Districts. This panel event is presented by The Dox Thrash House Project, Brewerytown-Sharswood Neighborhood Coalition, and Community Design Collaborative.

Register for these events and more at SCRIBE.ORG/NPHF!

☀️The sun is out and so is Scribe's Summer Programming!☀️From scriptwriting to animation, horror to documentary, there's...
06/27/2025

☀️The sun is out and so is Scribe's Summer Programming!☀️

From scriptwriting to animation, horror to documentary, there's something for everyone — check out upcoming Workshops and Screenings you won't want to miss!

Register now at SCRIBE.ORG or visit the link in our bio. 🔗

Our Summer Screenings are officially live on our website! SCRIBE.ORG/SCREENINGS 👀Thank you cinéSPEAK for the highlight!
06/26/2025

Our Summer Screenings are officially live on our website! SCRIBE.ORG/SCREENINGS 👀

Thank you cinéSPEAK for the highlight!

Registration is officially open for the North Philadelphia History Festival! 🎟️✨Join us July 24-27 for four extraordinar...
06/26/2025

Registration is officially open for the North Philadelphia History Festival! 🎟️✨

Join us July 24-27 for four extraordinary days celebrating multigenerational stories and the legacy of North Philadelphia. From oral histories told by jazz legends and community members to students honoring Black history and literature, this festival brings together voices across generations.

This groundbreaking festival combines traditional storytelling with innovative presentations including an AR installation in a community garden, a classic car procession, archival photography exhibitions, live performances, and much more.

All events are free but space is limited. Learn more about the programming and register today at SCRIBE.ORG/NPHF.

See you in July!

Join us Friday, June 20 at 6:30 for Scribe’s stop on the Resistance & Joy Screening Tour hosted in collaboration with  a...
06/10/2025

Join us Friday, June 20 at 6:30 for Scribe’s stop on the Resistance & Joy Screening Tour hosted in collaboration with and !

Curated by Color Congress, these twelve short documentaries, all directed by filmmakers of color, explore urgent and deeply personal themes, from LGBTQ+ rights and intergenerational healing to advocacy, cultural preservation, and the resilience of communities reclaiming spaces.

Tickets are $5 and $3 for Scribe and SIFTMedia 215 members. Seats are limited. Register now SCRIBE.ORG/RESISTANCEANDJOY 🔗

Join us this Friday @ 6PM for an evening of art and music showcasing the local history of power of the Brewerytown-Shars...
05/27/2025

Join us this Friday @ 6PM for an evening of art and music showcasing the local history of power of the Brewerytown-Sharswood community! Register today at SCRIBE.ORG/SCREENINGS 🔗

Scribe and Brewerytown-Sharswood Neighborhood Coalition present Street Movies! Undercover, a film screening and performance event on Friday, May 30th. Join us at Celestial CDC (2800 W Thompson St) for a curated screening of short films about local history in Brewerytown-Sharswood, and the power of community organizing. Hosted by BSNC’s Sunshine Unlimited team and featuring an opening dance performance by Shirladelphia Classics.

All Street Movies! screenings are free, open to the public, and family-friendly.

Film Program:

Walls and Doors: Inspirations From Our Elders (Directed by Jubilee School, 2008, 23 Minutes): Students of the Jubilee School have been collecting oral histories and tales of courage and resistance as told to them by their community elders. In Walls and Doors: Inspirations from Our Elders, the elders are both witnesses and creators of under-told parts of history. Making this video has transmitted a legacy from one generation to the next and given the Jubilee youth a sense of the power of their voices and ability to create change. In this film, students interview members of the Freedom Fighters, who successfully desegregated Girard College in the 1960's.

Athletic Recreation Center - The Jewel of Brewerytown (Directed by Brewerytown Sharswood Community Civic Association, 2007, 9 Min): Baseball and Brewerytown have an illustrious history: the famed Oakland A’s baseball team originally hailed from this section of North Philadelphia. Known as the Philadelphia Athletics, the team was based in the neighborhood in the late 1800s. When they departed out-of-state, the Athletic Recreation Center was founded at the team’s former site. With a rich tradition of community-based sports and recreation, the Athletic Recreation Center has been a central feature of the Brewerytown neighborhood for over a century. Boxing, swimming, women’s softball, and basketball have thrived at the center along with its hallmark, baseball. This portrait video features the reflections of community residents who utilize the center, from young little-leaguers to senior-aged basketball players who still utilize the center after fifty years. As the Brewerytown section experiences a “growth spurt” of home building and small business development, the Athletic Recreation Center promises to continue to be a “jewel” in this North Philadelphia neighborhood.

Change the Name (Directed by Cai Thomas, 2022, 19 Minutes): An intimate portrayal of Black youth organizing on the west side of Chicago, Change The Name follows a group of 5th graders from Village Leadership Academy as they embark on a campaign to rename Stephen A. Douglas Park after freedom fighters Anna Murray and Frederick Douglass. Over the course of the three-year grassroots campaign, the students tackle bureaucratic Chicago Park District systems, underestimations of their capacity to make real change, as well as a pandemic and global uprising.

Girard Avenue – A New Destination by West Girard Community Council (2005, 10 Min): Girard Avenue at 27th Street is a vibrant neighborhood shopping district featuring a plethora of small, locally-owned businesses. So it was no surprise that neighbors banded together to oppose the planned building of a McDonalds fast food joint in 2002. The neighbors argued that they wanted to buy local, and that what the community really needed was a supermarket.

Grab your tickets today to "How to Sue the Klan" this Saturday at Scribe as part of Philadelphia Asian American Film Fes...
05/27/2025

Grab your tickets today to "How to Sue the Klan" this Saturday at Scribe as part of Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival's Spring Showcase!

🔗https://paaffspringshowcase.eventive.org/welcome

This Saturday, PAAFF's inaugural Spring Showcase will close out AANHPI Heritage Month and honor Asian filmmakers and other creatives with a day of film screenings, performances, and discussions!

This one-day event has screenings across the city:
PACIFIC ECHOES, a shorts program highlighting stories of memory, land, and legacy across Oceania in the morning at Symphony Philly.
A live performance, screening, and book signing at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
A screening of HOW TO SUE THE KLAN at Scribe Video Center
And a screening of PAPER MARRIAGE at the Asian Arts Initiative!

Students can use the code SPRINGSTUDENT25 to get discounted individual tickets. Are you involved in the Spring Showcase? Let us know below!

TONIGHT! Get ready for another addition of our Power Politics Listen-Ins at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Joann Bell...
05/19/2025

TONIGHT! Get ready for another addition of our Power Politics Listen-Ins at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Joann Bell is currently the Director of the Philadelphia office of the lobbying firm Long Nyquist, with offices in Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and is listed as one the top lobbying firms in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Joann's expertise in government affairs and government relations; business development and project management; social policy and labor relations spans over three decades. Further, she is an expert in communications and crisis management. Joann was also recently named one of Philadelphia’s 150 Influential Philadelphians by Philadelphia Magazine, in 2022 Fifty over Fifty by City & State Magazine and in 2024 one of the most Influential Black Pennsylvanians by City & State Magazine.

Register to join the conversation at SCRIBE.ORG/LISTENINS!

Our Precious Places Community History Project will be closing applications TOMORROW, May 14! ⏰Through the Precious Place...
05/14/2025

Our Precious Places Community History Project will be closing applications TOMORROW, May 14! ⏰

Through the Precious Places Community History Project, each group will plan, shoot, and edit a video about their “precious place” with the help of a filmmaker and a research scholar hired by Scribe. While these facilitators will work closely with participants throughout the course of production, the work itself—the planning, writing, and filming—will be done by members of the community groups. The precious places project is completely free to participate in!

Find out more and fill out your application at scribe.org/precious-places.

Another workshop for the books! 🎞️✨ On Saturday, Jan 18, Scribe partnered with  to host a hands on “Camera-less Filmmaki...
01/29/2025

Another workshop for the books! 🎞️✨
On Saturday, Jan 18, Scribe partnered with to host a hands on “Camera-less Filmmaking” workshop led by filmmaker . Participants learned how to make “Ray-o-graphs” to expose, process, and project their own short films!

Swipe to watch the group in action ➡️

Check the link in our bio to register for our upcoming workshops and screenings 🔗

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Scribe Video Center was founded in 1982 as a place where emerging and experienced media artists could gain access to the tools and knowledge of video making and work together in a supportive environment. Scribe provides training in all aspects of film, video and audio production. We also offer classes in computer-based interactive media to individuals and community organizations as well. We give emerging and mid-level video makers the skills and opportunity to use video and film as tools for self-expression and for representing and supporting their communities.